Yellow fever spread and the probe of Gorgas
The article discusses yellow fever’s historical spread between Africa and the Americas, noting General Gorgas’s warnings and the role of transit time. It contrasts malaria’s behavior, considers Atlantic travel, and suggests quarantine and eradicating yellow fever in South America as remedies.
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Panama
Atlantic
Africa
South America
Gorgas
America
Brazil
London
Europe
Minnie Hauk Restores Sight After Noted Operation
Paris Baroness Von Hesse Wartegg, formerly Minnie Hauk of New York, underwent a highly successful operation for blindness at the American hospital in Paris. Her sight had diminished over seven years and she could barely tell day from night before the procedure.
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Paris
Baroness von Hesse-Wartegg
Minnie Hauk
New York
Harness Heat of Kilauea Tentative Plan Seeks 50 Borings
Dr T A Jaggar urged immediate experimental borings in Kilauea to map the volcano heat and assess power potential. Plans call for at least 50 boreholes to depths up to 300 feet, mostly at old lava flow sources, funded by an $8 000 goal with $7 000 already donated.
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Honolulu
Kilauea
Hawaii
T.A. Jagear
Volcano Observatory
Volcano Research Association
Jaggar
Research Association
Mauna Loa
Mokunaweowee
Tooth Pull Lets Boy Play Flute At School Recital
Miss Winnetta L. Stacks of the Methodist Biscopal Deaconess home recounts a boy who wanted to play the flute. Struggling to blow due to a front tooth, he pulled the tooth with pliers and surprised his mother by producing clear notes at the class recital.
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Winnetta L. Stacks
Methodist Biscopil
Stacks
Joe
Angel of Siberia to Buy German Village for Reclamation Camp
Miss Elsa Brandstrom the Swedish Red Cross nurse known as the angel of Siberia seeks to purchase a southern German village to convert into a reclamation camp. She has repatriated thousands of German, Austrian war prisoners from Russia and Siberia and plans to shelter and rehabilitate more, aiming for autumn occupancy.
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Red Cross
Siberia
Stockholm
Russia
Elsa Brandstrom
Europe
Brandstrom
Germany
Ghe
Hindenburg
Siberian
Miss Brandstrom
Edward Brandstrom
One-Legged Man Fined for Transporting Liquor in Wood Leg
In Spartanburg South Carolina a one legged man named Alex Ballenger was halted after a muffled splash as he hobbled down Main Street. A search at the station uncovered a pint of liquor inside his wooden leg and he was fined 100 dollars by the judge for transporting intoxicants.
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Spartanburg
Alex Ballenger
Main Street
Organize Wild Life League forms in Clarksburg
The Wild Life League of West Virginia was perfected in Clarksburg to foster protection of fish, game and forests across the state.
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Wild Life League
Clarksburg
W. Va
Wild Life League of
West Virginia
Tea Time Recipes From a 1922 Western Newspaper
A 1922 Western Newspaper Union piece offers home cooking ideas and menus. Recipes include California Scrap ple sausage mold, California Mock Duck with flank steak, Eggs Southern Style, Chill Sandwich with tomato paste, and Cottage Cheese Sandwich with chives, ending with a Shakespeare quote about seasonal pleasures.
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California
Home Economics Tips From Old Time Kitchen Notes
This passage lists practical kitchen hacks including using canned pineapple in fruit butters to boost flavor and grinding prune pits into fillings. It covers methods for preparing potatoes in jackets, sharpening grinders with soap, cleaning greasy dishes, saving batter for croquettes and fritters, window cleaning before painting, thinning paint for rug rejuvenation, decorating cakes with corn plant pigment, drying bread into cubes for breakfast, using a bathing cap as an ice bag, and shaping baked buns and biscuits with muffin rings.
Origin of the bound feet custom in Chinese lore
J. P. Donovan cites an article on Romance in Chinese Literature noting the beauty ideal of bound feet. The tale credits Yao Niang, concubine of Emperor Li Yu, with feet folded to resemble a lily, allegedly shrinking to three inches. Also includes a humorous barber shop exchange about women bobbing hair.
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J. P. Donovan
Forum
England
Yao Niang
Li Yu
Ford
Yue Niang
Two of a Kind in a Horsemanship Lesson
A rookie asks for a gentle horse as the sergeant offers a first lesson in riding. The sergeant confirms the chosen animal, noting it has never been ridden before and that they will start together.
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Sperry
Shipping Board
Not Well With Neighbors Grampson Criticized
A Birmingham Herald excerpt quotes neighbors who say Mr Grampson has few good points to mention. They judge him harshly for not attempting to play any musical instrument.
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Birminghan ve-Herald
Golf ball wounds man on links through crowd
A man on the golf links was struck by a golf ball sent from play hitting him in the fore. The incident prompted questions about spectator safety and crowd control at the course.
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Smith
Jones
Prove the Reverse Please
A playful exchange about proof of marriage features a passport officer and a henpecked husband. The dialogue pivots on proving identity with a jab at proving non marriage, followed by a wry remark on cynicism and luck, ending with a mock proverb about a rabbit’s foot.
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Mauna Joa
Summnit
Union
Shakespeare
J Toe Wroc
Wrigleys
United
Thes
Bill
Birmingham Age-Herald
Henpeck
Londom Tiaits
Estern Canada
Prairie Provinces
Canada
F. H. Hewitt
Main St
Kansas City, Mo
Borawee
Putnam
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